1.) The science of collecting, organizing, summarizing and analyzing information to draw conclusions or answer questions. In addition, statistics is about providing a measure of confidence in any conclusions.
3.) individual
5.) statistic,parameter
7.) parameter
9.) statistic
11.) parameter
13.) statistic
15.) qualitative
17.) quantitative
19.) quantitative
21.) qualitative
23.) discrete
25.) continuous
27.) continuous
29.) discrete
39.) population: U.S. teenagers between the ages of 13-17. sample: 1028 U.S. teens who are between ages 13-17
40.) population: Coca-Cola from machines, sample: 50 bottles of Coca-Cola that were filled on October 15
41.) population: soybean crops, sample: 100 of the farmer’s plants
42.) population: Households in the United States, sample: 50,000 households
13.) Observational Study
14.) Experiment
15.) Experiment
16.) Observational Study
17.)
a) Cohort Study, because the experiment lasted 10 years
b) Response Variable: Whether or not the person has any type of heart disease. Explanatory Variable: Whether or not the person is happy
c) It is confounding because of the lurking variables, such as genetics.